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Inside Health

Conflicted Medicine: Specialists and GPs

Inside Health

BBC

Health & Fitness, Science

4.4575 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2014

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Dr Mark Porter examines the hidden conflicts of interest that may affect how your GP or specialist treats you. He discovers that the advice patient groups give you is also not immune to the influences of organisations such as pharmaceutical companies.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:21.8

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0:27.0

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0:33.2

Hello, I'm Dr Mark Porter and thank you for downloading this edition of Inside Health.

0:37.7

I hope you enjoy it.

0:39.6

Healthcare is riddled with conflicts of interest,

0:42.5

but most of us, whether clinician or patient,

0:44.8

remain blissfully unaware of their existence.

0:47.4

You've got to accept that if somebody is funding your research,

0:51.3

that is likely to influence your thinking in some way, however small,

0:57.7

there's a real danger.

0:58.9

In the first programme of this three-part series on Conflict of Interest, we heard from

1:03.0

campaigners questioning the independence of leading authorities in the medical world

1:07.2

and the expert advisory committees they so often sit on.

1:12.3

This week, we're going to explore other hidden influences that may affect how your GP or specialist treats you. The problem

1:18.2

for general practice is that every day we are living with conflicts of interest. And we reveal the

1:23.6

hidden vested interests behind some of the patient groups to whom you may turn for advice and support.

1:29.2

We feel that by not taking money from industry, we maintain our impartiality.

1:35.1

We're free to voice an opinion. We're completely unbiased.

1:38.9

And ultimately, we're able to give women a balanced view on any issues affecting them.

1:43.6

Part of a patient group's role is to lobby for new and improved treatments,

1:48.5

like the drug Heseptin, heralded as a major breakthrough in breast cancer therapy

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